Ursula Poznanski, Saculum
Thriller
14+
By the winner of the German Youth Literature Award 2011 Saeculum 14.0 x 21.5 cm, no. 7028, 480 pages, soft cover with flaps Publication Date November 2011 Readers aged 14+
SAECULUM They went into the woods to seek the Middle Ages and all the adventures, conundrums and challenges that would arise. Instead, the Middle Ages found them, and a terrible secret was uncovered. Five days spent deep inside a forest, far away from the nearest village, to live the way people did during the Middle Ages, with no electricity, no mobiles, and not even matches – normally, this would not be Bastian’s scene. His life revolves around nothing but his medical studies, but now he has fallen for a girl, Sandra, and she wants him to take part in this live role-play. Doro, a girl from the group, suddenly claims that the place where they went to is cursed: No one who enters this forest will ever return. A feud between the legitimate and the bastard son of the local count had led to terrible killings. Of course, in the beginning nobody takes her story seriously. But then strange things start to happen and it is impossible to leave the forest. Did they make a mistake in not taking the curse seriously? suspense-packed and breath-taking realistic thriller by the author of Erebos a journey into the past reveals jealousy and cunning but also love and friendship multi-layered story about father-son relationship and personal development masterful description of human’s behaviour in extreme situations English sample translation available over 150.000 copies sold Rights sold: Latvian, Lithuanian, Japanese The Author: Ursula Poznanski was born in Vienna, and spent ten years studying all sorts of subjects at the university there, before abandoning all hope of getting a degree and getting to grips with real life as a medical journalist. After her son was born, she started writing books for young readers. Her first book, Erebos, won numerous prizes (including the German Children’s Literature Prize), and made her famous around the world. In the meantime she has become one of Germany’s most successful authors, and she also writes best-selling thrillers for adult readers. She and her family live to the south of Vienna.
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